Collar-button.



P. R. WERNER.

COLLAR BUTTON.

nPPLlcAnoN r1LED1uLv1o.1915.

1,296,888. Patented Mar. 11,1919.

PAUL B. WERNER, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COLLAR-normen.

Specification of Letten Patent.

Patented Mar. 11, 1919.

Application filed July 10, 191B. Serial No. 108,416.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I PAUL R. WERNER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented Collar-Buttons, of which the following is a specification. j

One object of my invention is to provide a form of button particularly designed for holding a collar at its middle portion to the neck band of a shirt, the button beingof a construction which, while permitting of the collar bein easily mounted upon 1t, shall effectually old said collar from accidental detachment, particularly during the connecting of its ends to a secondl button on the front of the shirt.

This object and other advantageous ends I secure as hereinafter set forth, reference bein had to the accompanyingdrawings, in whic y Figure 1 is a perspective view of a collar button constructed according to my invention;

Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively a front elevation and a plan of the collar button shown in Fig. 1; y

Fig. 4 is an inverted lan of my collar button showing in dotte lines the relative osition of vthe art of the collar which it is intended to ho d in place; and

Fig. 5 is a 'central vertical section of my collar button, showin its position relatively to the other parts wit which it is associated in use.

In the above drawings 1 represents the body of the button which is preferably in the form of an elongated metal plate or piece of sheet metal characterized by having two substantially semi-circular abutments projecting froin one of its elongated edges respectively adjacent `the ends thereof and also by a tongue 3 which is bent back at right angles to the general plane of said body from that portion of the edge thereof lyin between said abutments 2. After exten 1n back for a distance which in the case il ustrated is substantially e ual to onehalf the width of the body, sai tongue is bent down and curved inwardl until its extremity passes through and hes slightly beyond the plane of the central part of said body; it being noted that the latter is preferably given a slight circular curvature so that it may substantiall conform to the curvature of the neck of t e wearer and hence to that of the collar. As shown in Fig. 2

said tongue preferabl narrows as it extends downwardly an its extremity has a circularly curved outline. y

Under conditions of use the collar button is placed in the space or pocket between the body of the neck bandv 4 and a flap 5 in which is formed a button hole for the reception of said button, and its tongue 3 is passed outwardly through this hole. The body 1 then conforms to or lies parallel with the band 4 which has a curved form determined by the .neck ofithewvearer, andgwhen in this position the button cannot fail out of place or become dislodged by reason of the part 8` which extends through the button ole at right angles to the ad'acent portions of the band and because o the action of the abutments 2 and tongue 3 which coact to prevent said button moving out of this posltion.

In placing a collar on the button, the tongue passes through the button hole with the collar in a position practically at right angles to that finally assumed, and as it is moved upwardly on said tongue it is gradually swung toward its final {position lalthough said movement is o posed by the abutments 2. As the upwar movement of the collar is continued, it is sli htly bent by the abutments until just as te neck .8` of the tongue enters the button hole, the springiness of the collar by reason of the combined action of the tongue and abutments, causes it to snap into its final vertical ,position in which said neck 8 extends through the button hole at right angles to the a jacent portions of the collar. When in this position, the tongue bends inwardly the part of the collar band under the button hole since its lower extremity lies in or slightly beyond a plane surface substantially parallel with or including the abutments.

Thereafter owing to the action of the abutments 2, the button tends to remain in the position shown in Fig. 5 since before it can be tilted suiciently to withdraw the tongue or permit the collar to slip down over the same, said lugs must press in and to some extent bend the collar structure in order to permit it passing from the art 8 of the tongue around the corner 7 t ereof onto its narrow portion.

Owing to this combined action of the abutments` and the lower end of the tongue therefore, the collar cannot sli downwardly oil' of the button during the urther operation of attachin its front ends to the button at the front o the shirt; and it is noted that owing to the rearward ro'ection 8 or neck of the tongue, the outside flap 9 of the collar is held away from the inside flap 6, leaving a space in which a necktie ma be easily inserted andthereafter adjuste It is especially to be noted that the sharp inward bend between thebody of the button and its portion 8, as well as the relatively sharp angular corner 7 of the tongue and the termination of the latter relatively to the abutments 2, are essential features of my invention, since if said abutments were omitted and the angularly bent tongue alone employed, the-collar button could easily tilt into an inclined position in which the collar could move olf of said tongue with the greatest ease. Likewise the mere use of the abutments 2 without the sharp angularly bent tongue would likewise fall to accomlish the pur oses I desire, since there would e no obstac e to the sliding of the collar downwardly on said tongue even though it did not tilt.

I claimt- A collar button consisting of a body having two extensions forming abutments projecting from one edge; and a tongue projecting from the same ed e and between said'v 80 abutments, said tongue eing bent sharply adjacent the body to lie in a plane at right angles thereto and being thereafter again bent at right angles and curved inwardly into and terminating in the plane of the 35 abutments.

PAUL R. WERNER. 

